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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-11
Gas Well Successfully "shot."

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. April Gas well No. 6 was 'shot'
to-day about noon, with eighty quarts of nitro
gyceriue. with very satisfactory results The
Trenton rock, reservoir of the gas at the bottom
of this well, was found to be unusually dense.
and the shooting process was resorted to for the
purpose of snattering this rock. and permitting
the gas TO flow more freely The nitro-ply cerine
was lowered TO the bottom in four tin tubes,
and, when all was ready, iron "go devil" was
dropped into the well. which exploded the
charge. The force of the explosion threw a
shower of stones, water, and mud to the top of
the well-900 feet-and many feet into the air.
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, state that this
is now a stronger well than any other one ever
drilled by them The gas company now have
all the gas they want, and more We ellis will be
drilled for the present.
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Grand Army Celebration.

Special to tie Indianapolis journal
PERU, April CIV. b. Reyburn Post, Grand
Army Of the Republic, celebrated its fifth ami
versary this evening in Grand Army Hall. The
room was lastly decorated, and large number
of citizens and old soldiers filled the room
W. c. Underwood was master of cere-
monies, and addresses. daeiamations and pre-
sentation of a picture of Libby prison was
the order of the evening. The picture was pre-
sented to the post by w. Trasy. and addresses
were made by Senior Vice-commander DAILY, of
the Department of Indiana. and others. Notable
among the exercises was the recitation by Miss
Nellie Brumfield
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General and Personal.

Special to the indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON. April 10.-R. S. Taylor and
wife, ard S. 4, Alden. of Fort Wayne, are at the
Ebbitt
Mrs George B. Williams has been called to
Indiana by the serious illness of her mother.
Those WHO have the matter in charge say that
Samuel It. Lnckett, of Corydon, will likely be
appointed chief of the new division of appeals in
the General Land Office.
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Killed by an Enraged Stallion.
snaeial TO the Irdianapo1js Jou.naY

ROCKFORD, April 9.-John Hogan met his
death in horrible manner yesterday. He was
at Westield Corners with stallion, and while
exhibiting the horse it struck him with its fore
feet and knocked him down. While down the
horse lay down the man with its knees
Another man who was present stabbed the stall
lion in the neck with knife. AS the horse rose
from Hogan's body it grabbed the PROSTATE man
by the nape of the neck and shook him SO that
he died in eight minutes. The deceased was
twenty one years of age
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DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.
Indications.

WASHINGTON April II, A. NJ.
For Ohio and Indiana--Fair weather. followed
by local Showers cooler by Tuesday morning;
light, variable winds.
For West Virginia-Fair weather. followed by
local rains cooler, variable winds.
For Iliinois-Local rains, cooler by Tuesday
morning: variable winds.
For Eastern Michigan-Licht local rains:
colder in southern portion; colder. followed by
rising temperature in the northern portion;
variable winds.
For Western Michigan-Local rains; slowly
rising Temperatures winds generally shifting to
easterly.
For Wisconsin-Light, local raius; colder in
the southern portion; slowly rising temperature
in the northern portion; variable winds, gener-
ally easterly.
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DIED..


. Observation-Disclosures A, aged ffty-one years.
died Saturday morning. April 8 at II o'clock. Fu-
neral Monday morning, April IL at 10 o'clock from
the residence. No. las Buchanan street. Friends of
the family invited to attend.
RIDGELY-Easter morning, at o'clock at the
residence of her orother-in-law. J. K Lilly, AIS
North Tennessee street Elizabeth NJ J Ridgely aged
twenty-five years and two months. Notice of funeral
hereafter.
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INDIANAAND ILLINOIS NEWS
ANeWly- Married Woman Takes Her Life
by Jumping Into Whitewater River.
Quarrel Ends in Fight-Kiled By an En-
ragged Stallion--N0tes and Gleanings.
INDIANA.

A Bride of Three DAYS Throws Herself from
Bridge and Breaks Her Neck.
Speci al to the IndianaDolis journal.
RICHMOND, April 10.-Last Thursday, Jonas
Ben nett aud Jennie Kilner, who had long been
lovers, were married. Early this morning she
arose, gave her husband an evasive answer that
led him to believe she was necessarily going
Gown stairs for few moments, and proceeded
to the bridge across White river, where she
leaped about Sc yenty feet, and broke her neck
in striking the water, where she was snhse-
quently found by her husband, who became
alarmed at her prolonged absence and instituted
search. She was crazed by the death of her
mother, about five years ago. Developments
leave little doubt but the act was premeditated.
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Arrest of an Alleged Embezzher.

LoGANsPoRT, April l0.-Detective Gallagher
of this city. arrived, to-day. with Nathaniel
Stuart in custody. Last fall Stuart who was
State agent of the Empire Manufacturing
Company, of Akron, O., was arrested in this
city for embezzling $1,000 of the eompany's
money. After a preliminary hearing he was
released on bond, and Immediately left the
country Detective Gallagher located him in
New York city, arrested him and brought him
back to Indiana. He will have his trial some
time this month.
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Whale Soup.



1t is discovered that extract of whale is quite
as good as beef extract and much more economi-
cal. A whale weighing 200 tons yields 5000
pounds of extract. and pound of extract
makes 100 pints of soup. Thus one whale will
furnish 500. 0G0 people with dinners, and 100
whales will give al! the people in the United
States old enough TO eat soup one comfortable
meal apiece
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Self-Abnegation.
Tid-Bits.

Papa-Well Girls, Lent is nearly over and
now what have you done for the good of the
church during the season of penancel
Bess with a sudden attack of bravery)-Moily
hasn't done much of anything, but I-hm--er--
Tvs p-promised to m marry the new rector
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wood-went tc the woods one evening after
school and helped to saw off cuts after
o'clock The people are very well satisfied
with her
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Killed Himself with Pocket-Knife
Special to the Indianapolis Journa..

EpeciaI 10 the IndianapoIIs JOURNAL.
BLooMINGToN. April 10-About o'clock to.
day. Mr.. j. s. Mahan, of Lexington, this countr,
one of the old and prominent men of that place,
committed suicide by cutting his throat and
stabbing himself about the heart with a pocket
knife. The deed was committed in shed while
his family were at dinner. He was born 10
Highland county, Ohio, IN 1881.
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An Alabama committeeman writes to a nor
NAL school that the town is very well satisfied
with its teacher. He says sShe tries 10 make
everything just AS pleasant as she can. She
doesn't mind work. She takes the axe and cuts
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The Records of the Rebellion.

Washington Special
Considerable interest is taken in the assign
ment of an officer to succeed the late Colonel
Scott in charge of the Records of the Rebellion.
As yet no one has been assigned, and no one at
the War Records Office appears to have any
idea who will be- 1t is said there that 1t is very
important that whoever is designated for that
duty should not make any change in the METH
DDS OF COM ilipg the records followed by Colonel
Scott
Many of the earlier records were rendered al
most valueless by Colonel SCOTS predecessor
who rad them edited Before their compilation.
The character was thus taken from the records
of 1862. which were first published Since
then everything has gone in just as in the orig
inal manuscript bad grammar and
all else.
Lately many documents relat ting to the first
year of the war have been received. This will
necessisate a supplement- or second edition of
the records of that year. and an effort will be
made to- restore the early records to their proper
form. The compilations during Colonel SCOTS
administration are looked upon as perfect
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The Damaging Drought in Texas.

GALVESTON, Tex, April l0-The past week
has been one of expectancy and disappointment
the people Of Texas. no rains Of any conse-
quence having fallen throughout the immense
area now suffering from drought Dispatches and
letters to the Galveston News, the San Antonio
Express and other papers of the State. continue
to detail the widespread and threatening char
acter of the drought. the severity of which has
perceptibly increased since the last report The
drought now extends from the far Western
grazing lands across the State for distance of
500 miles into the pine regions bordering on
Louisiana. but decreases in severity as it ap-
proaches the pineries. from which section com
plants are of recent date. The general rains
which usually set in at the full of the moon. are
wanting, and the cool. dry winds of the past
the district Immediately west and south
west of San Antonio. embracing Medina,
Bandera, Uvalde. Frio and Atascosa
counties, where moderate rains fell yesterday,
but not enough. say dispatches from that vicin-
ity This is one of the grazing sections of the
State where stock was dying Between San An
tonic and the coast, embracing such fertile coun-
ties as Guadalouoe, Gonzales, Lavaca, Colorado,
Caldwell. Bastrop and dozen others, the
drought has assumed serious aspect, putting
an embargo upon all agricultural development,
especially cotton, the chief product of this Sec
ton, One correspondent describes the road
WAYS throughout this belt covered to the
dephth of several inches with dust The fields
are barren of weeds. while thousands of
cattle. almost too poor to stand up, travel
ing constantly IN search of grass and water
In central Texas, embracing about thirty coun-
ties surrounding Waco, Corsicana and Burnett
the situation is scarcely less promising all re-
| ports agreeing that nothing but very early and
plentiful rains VIII avert serious damage or fail
ure OF crops. In northern and northwestern
/ Texas tina drought Is not severely felt as in
the other sections, but the complaints are In
creasiug daily. slight sprinkle of rain fell
/ during the week IN Mitchell county, along the
| line of the Texas and Pacific railroad but no re-
port of rainfall in the great Panhandle district
has vet been received.
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FINANCIAL,


MONEY TO -IOAN-6 PER CENT HORACE
VI MCKAY. Room l. Talbot s. News Block.
1NINANCIAL-MoNEYo ON MORTGAGE-FARAIS
IL and city property. c. E. COFFIN IL co.
OK PER CENT. on CITY PROPERTY N IN
- diana Isaac H kiersted ID MarIindae Block.
fIsO aLoAN-S20. 000-PRIVATE FUNDS IN
bank in amounts to suit, at low nterest ALEX.
METZGER
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Slew Presentation of Trade Dollars.

ashlngTou special.
There is some surprise at the Treasury De-
partment that so few trade dollars have neen
presented for redemption. They were prepared
to redeem between seven and eight millions,
bu. up TO date only about four millions have
been presented, and they have nearly ceased to
come in. None at all have been redeemed in
the Western cities during the past two days,
and the last days report from New York shows
that only 5000 were bought.
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AUCTION SALES.


CUSTIN & McCURDY. AUCTIONEERS. NO.
VI 139 West Washington street, opposite State
house
DEAL ESTATE AT AUCTIoN-wE WILL SELL
III at public auction, Wednesday, april ID. at
O'Clock m the premises the four-roon cottage
house. No. 81 Maple street, cistern. well, cellar,
stable, good lot; title perfect and easy.
DEAL ESTATE AT AU6TiON-WE WILL SELL
III st public auction Thursday, April ID, at
o'clock D. H. on the premises the rwo-story frame
dwelling No. liz Talbot avenue; seven rooms
cellar, cistern driven well. gas wood and coa-house.
rooms papered. grape vines. etc; lot 40x120: east
front; built only three years. Title perfect Terms
easy. w. E. MICK 81 co. J.. n. Perry. Auctioneer
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION-ON
Tuesday. April IL. at O'Clock the
double brick house, known Nos. ii and i6 North
Mississippi street attaining II rooms also fronting
Market street, the same lot elegant two
story double brick house Nos 16I and l69 contain
ing II rooms. and another small house lot
fronting Market street No III, containing rooms,
all IN rstclass condition; the lot is to feet fronting
Mississippi and extending back Market street to
alley 202i2 feet The entire property is renting
to-day at 5000 per year, and could Just we'll get
81 $50 year the property is renting entirely
too cheap This property is located the south.
west corner of Mississippi and Market streets. and
Immediately the street from the twoinillion-
dollar State house. Terms of sale; One-fourth
cash. balance two and three years This proper
ty should attract the attention of capitalists and
ulators. w. E. MICK & co. L. n. Perry, Auctioneer.
7
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Local Weather Record.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 10. 1887.

Maximum temperature. II; minimum tempera-
ture. 50.
Following is a comparative statement of the
condition of temperature and rainfall April
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THE GROWING WHEAT.
The Winter Wheat Section Suffering Because
of the Unusual DrynesS of the Season.

ca fcAGo, April 10-The following is the
weekly crop summary Of the Farmers Review.
of dis city: Complaints of drought come from
all parts of the winter-wheat belt, and es-
pc Gially numerous in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
kansas and Missouri In nearly every county
of Illinois the reports indicate that the ground
is dry, and, together with prevalence of cold
winds, has retarded the growth and has caused
some injury to growing grain In johnson,
Wayne and White counties the grain is looking
poorly in Champaign, Clay, Clinton. Crawford
Efingham and Gallatin counties the crop is de-
scribed as in fair condition. while in Brown,
Fulton, Green, Hardin, Hamilton, Hancock,
Kankakee, Madison. Pulaski Stephens and Wa
bash counties. despite the need of rain, the
prospects are still excellent.
In Knox and Montgomery counties of Indiana
the crop shows injury from drought and cold
winds; in Carroll, Clark. Clay, Crawford. Elk
hart Fountain. Gibson, Jay, Lagrange, Monroe,
Morgan and Vermillion counties the prospects
are still regarded as favorable.
| IL Ashtabula, Delaware, and Hancock coun-
ties of Ohio. the wheat fields show injury but
| in Coshocton, Crawford, Darke Hooking,
Huron, jackson, Lucas. Montgomery and San
dusky the outlook is favorable for nearly an
average crop.
| In Ellis and Lyon counties. of Kansas, con-
| siderable grain has been plowed under. having
| been Win-er-killeu Inc crop Is reported look
| ing badly in Ellsworth. Jewell and Pawnee
counties, but is still in fair condition in Ander-
son, Butler. Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford. JEFF
ferson, Mcpherson, Miami, and Washington
counties.
| The winter wheat in the Southern tier of
! counties of Michigan. continues to look poorly.
| The reports from Missouri while declaring the
| need of rain. are nearly all of favorable tenor
| Spring seeding has commenced in Illinois, Iowa,
| and Nebraska, but not under favorable condi
! tlonS. owing to the dry weather
| The fruit propects in Illinois. Indiana, aud
! Missouri are poor, peaches especially having
| been injured. and there will be short crop.
In Ohio and Wisconsin the fruit prospects are
| considered good
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CUSTIN & McCURDY. AUCTIONEERS NO.
VI l39 West Washington street, opposite State
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AGENTS WANTED.

FURNISHED RESIDENCE; CENTRAL; IN PER.
IL feet order low rent to choice tenant with
small family. c. F. SAYLES. 75 East Market.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-31
NEV TELEGRAPH FROM HERE TO CHICAGO
A SYNDICATE FORMING TO STRETCH A CABLE OF
...IuI.c .,r.,u.r.r.A. rLII. c,y1

A SYNDICATE FORMING TO STRETCH A CABLE OF
FORTY WIRES BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES
CHICAGO, Jan. 80 (Specdb.-It is given out here by
certain Board Trade commission firms that syndicate
composed OF York and Chicago capitalists Is about
being organized the former city for the purpose of CON
sructng telegraph line between Chicago and New
York The company TO be known as the Ncwiork ana
Chicago Telegraph Company, aud its object Is TO supply
brokers and commission merchants In the two cities with
private wires proposed to construct IN place Of the
usual single wire. single cable OF forty wires such MS
are usei In cities. II is coDtended that once snch
line is completed the forty wires could be leased TO
Chicago and New York brokers and commission men at
So 900 year each, thus yielding revenue from that
source alone OF 5000 year When not In use such
the might be needed could he leased at night
TO the various newspapers Of the two cities The use OF
private wires In conducting the business In grain and
stocks between the cities has become necessity
Five years ago there but two brokerage rn
that could stand the expense OF special wire TO new
York now there are nearly dozen leased at average
rental OF $4,000 a year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-31
MRS VAN WOERT ACQUITTED.

THE YOUNG WIFE WHO SHOT HEX hoS"AND
: curEREp IN THE CoURT-RooM AND THE STREET.
ELmIRA JAM 80 (Speciai i-Esthcr the htteen-year ola
wife of lake Van woert fatally shot her husband III SCH
defiance near stokesdae Penn last Wednesday, ana on
bursday having given herself up to the authortes se
was locked up In the county jail at WellsDoro Iho
Grand Jury being In session the matter was prough1
before that body and the was indicted on friday
the Grand Jury reported to the court ana inc
Mill WOcrt having been read that auy sao
she WAS ready trial The case was for homcide Inc
woman had no counsel witnesses and said she oe
peuded ON the righteousness OF her cause TIE case was
called late In the afternoon and after the
ney briefly stated to the jury which was sec"ea
without objection three witnesses for the Conihoh"c"
were examined At this point the case VI
tho prosecution closed The defenco o"ero"
no testimony Judge Williams addressed the jury
briefly reviewing and at the close OF MS rerA
d,reced them without leaving their seats to render YER
dict of not guilty When the Jurymen nodded assent 70
the foremans reply Not Guilty. the courthouse rang
with cheers which were continued for ten minutes Inc
ouno woman was escorted from the court room by the
Great crowd and she passed through the main street OF
the village multitudes OF people cheered Justify or her
Mrs Van woert was taken to her mothers home having
the record of having killed her husband been arrested
Indicted tried by jury aud acquitted In less than iou
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-31
RAYMOND BELMONT KILLS HIMSELF
THE SHOOTING OCCURS AT HIS FATHERS
HOUSE.
AUGUST BELMONT's YOUNGEsT-THE sHoo
RFpORTED As ACCIDENTAL.

AUGUST BELMONT's YOUNGEsT-THE SHOOTING
REPORTED AS ACCIDENTAL.
Raymond Belmont, age twenty -One, the youngest
son of August Belmont killed himself with pis-
tol last night at his fathers house, No. 100 Fifth
ave. The shooting was reported to the police as
accidental. The coroner was summoned at once,
and went to the house.
Young Belmont was q well-known figure about
town, and was deeply interested in horses and af-
fairs of the turf
The Young man was in Fifth-ave., in front of
tho house. which stands at the corner Of Eight
eenth-st., about 1890 o'clock. lie met private
watchman, Leonard Behr, who is employed
in the neighborhood, and asked him to 90
into the house, He tod Behr story
that something was wrong in the house and
asked him to give help in the matter. Behr
consented and they went inside. 1t Is
supposed that this story was given as pretext to
get Behr to 90 into the Belmont mansion, but the
young mans reason for doing this is not known.
Young Belmont took the watchman to the cellar.
Ho looked about for few minutes as If trying to
find something that was causing trouble. and then
asked Behr if he had good nerve"
Behr replied that he thought he had, and the
young man said:
~ am pretty good shot with a revolver and
think could hit button between your fingers
across the cellar without hurting you. VIII you
let me try it r
Behr took the suggestion a joke and said that
he Thought he wouldn't try it he had too much at
fection for his finger.
Belmont then called the watchman's attention to
the fact that the door leading into the cellar
and through which they had entered was
open. He said the draft from 1t
troubled him and asked Behr to close It,
The watchman did so. but In order to
do it he had to go out OF young
Bclmonts sight As he slammed the door shut he
heard a pistol shot in the cellar and rushed back.
Young Belmont lay on the floor dead,
with blood and portions his brain issuing
from a hole IN the right side of his head.
These facts were reported to the police OF
the Twenty y-ninth Precinct andCoroner Eidman was
sent for, he went directly to the house and
began an investigation of the case